United States History

The U.S. History faculty at Michigan State University enjoys a national and international reputation for research, teaching, outreach, and digital humanities. The size and scholarly activity of the U.S. faculty at Michigan State create a unique intellectual environment. The U.S. field includes more than fifteen tenure-stream faculty members with diverse research and teaching interests, with particular strengths from the mid-eighteenth through the twentieth century; African American and comparative Black history; comparative and transnational history; cultural, intellectual, and religious history; digital humanities; food and environmental history; history education; the history of gender, family, and sexuality; Jewish, Asian American, and Latino/a history; journalism, film, and media history; labor history; Native American history; and sports history. The graduate program in U.S. history offers students the opportunity to pursue their research interests from a national, transnational, or comparative perspective.